Improvement in ruffling attachment for sewing-machine



A. M. LESLIE.

Sewing-Machine Attachment. v No. 103.755. Patented May 31, 1870.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ARTHUR M. LESLIE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CORNELL,WARD & COMINGS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUFFLING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 103,755, dated May 31,1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. LEsLIE, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedRuflier for SewingMachines 5 and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawin g, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedruffler, shown in position upon the presserfoot of a sewing-machine.Fig. 2 is a similar view of the ruftler detached from the presserfoot.Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same through the line 02 :10, Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the line 3 y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

My invention relates to ruffiiug attachments for sewing-machines; andconsists in the construction of the same, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

. In the accompanying drawing, A is the base or bottom plate of theruffler, beneath which the cloth passes in contact with the feed of themachine. This plate is doubled upon itself, as shown, to form the topplate, B, beneath which the band of the ruffle passes. The bend orconnected side of these two plates is formed upon the inner edge, sothat the two edges to b are separated from each other a short distance,as shown in Fig. 4. If desired, the plates A B, instead of being made ofone piece doubled upon itself, may be formed of two pieces securedtogether by suitable means, so that a space shall be left between themfrom the point of connection between the two to the edges a b, aspreviously mentioned. C is a third plate, firmly secured at one edge tothe inner side of the plate B, for the purpose of attaching the rufflerto the presserfoot of the machine. This is accomplished by sliding thefoot D between the plates B C, the latter possessing sufficientelasticity to clamp the presser-foot in position against verticaldisplacement.

The sides of the presser-foot bear against the lugs (2, formed upon theouter edge of the plate B, and the downward-projecting lug 0, formedupon the plate C. This arrangement prevents the lateral displacement ofthe ruffler upon the presser-foot.

f is a lug turned down upon one side of the plate C, and bearing againstthe plate B. This forms a stop against which the shorter portion orshoulder g of the presser-foot bears, to prevent the ruffler from beingforced too far upon said foot.

The plates A C are out out or notched at h, to coincide with theperforation '5, formed in the plate B for the passage of the needle.

It will, of course, be understood that the needle also passes throughthe presser-foot, and that the ruflier, by being attached thereto in themanner above described, insures the certainty of the needle passingthrough all the parts.

The operation is as follows: The ruftler hav 'ing been attached to thefoot, the latter is let down, with the plateA resting upon the cloth tobe ruffled. The band to which the ruffle is sewed is then placed betweenthe plates A B, first being passed through the guide-slot j in the lowerplate, in the usual manner. Instead of the plate B of the rufflerpressing upon the band, as in the 'rufflers heretofore constructed, thepressure of the foot D is distributed upon the lower plate, A,through-its peculiar connection with the plate B, and the pressure ofthe latter upon the band avoided.

It is, therefore, apparent that the band will pass through the rufflerwithout interruption and unnecessary friction, because the band is notstretched while being stitched to the cloth, and does not, therefore,contract after the sewing has been completed. 7

m is a pin secured to the lower plate, A, and extending upward throughas lot formed in the plate B, for the purpose of steadyin g the latterplate, which is more or less elastic.

It is sometimes necessary or desirable to form ruffles upon two sides ofthe band, particularly in shirt-bosoms, and this cannot be done withoutpassing the cloth twice through the ruffler.

In order to prevent the rear edge of the bot- I tom plate from catchingin the ruffles first formed, it is turned up, as shown at 0, out of theway of the ruffling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The doubled plate A B, constructed, as described, with the guiding-pinm, and combined with the yielding plate 0, secured to the part B, theparts 0 B being constructed substantially as described, to receive aresser-foot, and for the purpose specified.

ARTHUR M. LESLIE. Witnesses:

- GEO. H. FROST,

E. A. ELLSWORTH.

